Difference between Pail and Bucket

Pail

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). A company of wasps.

Example sentence: That's what happens when they give guys like me a television show: you try and get toys and Garbage Pail Kids!

Bucket

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.The amount held in this container.Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket.An old car that is not in good working order.The basket.A field goal.A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place inside a bucket.To rain heavily.To travel very quickly.